16 July 2024 — Blog

Beyond the Symptoms: From Isolation to Inclusion - Tackling Healthcare Stigma

Beyond the symptoms is a regular opinion piece from CHF CEO Dr Elizabeth Deveny who provides a unique perspective on current and emerging health policy issues that affect consumers. Her thought-provoking reflections challenge traditional views on consumer-informed policy and offer innovative...
8 May 2024 — Blog

Beyond the Symptoms: Healthcare in Australia - A Fundamental Right or a Privilege of the Wealthy

Beyond the symptoms is a regular opinion piece from CHF CEO Dr Elizabeth Deveny who provides a unique perspective on current and emerging health policy issues that affect consumers. Her thought-provoking reflections challenge traditional views on consumer-informed policy and offer innovative...
18 April 2024 — Blog

Beyond the symptoms: Let's talk about consent

Beyond the symptoms is a regular opinion piece from CHF CEO Dr Elizabeth Deveny who provides a unique perspective on current and emerging health policy issues that affect consumers. Her thought-provoking reflections challenge traditional views on consumer-informed policy and offer innovative...
11 April 2024 — Blog

Health consumers share their lived experience in a roundtable with the Minister for Health & Aged Care

CEO Update from Consumer Roundtable with Minister Butler in Sydney One of CHF’s main roles is to amplify consumers’ voices so they can be heard amongst the many well-funded vested interests in the health sector. Yesterday, CHF had the pleasure of hosting a face-to-face discussion between five...
28 February 2024 — Blog

RACGP backs calls to fund CHF’s Understanding Medicare – Understanding your health campaign

The Royal Australian College of GPs (RACGP) has thrown its support behind the Consumer Health Forum of Australia’s (CHF) calls for the Australian Government to fund public education that fully explains the Medicare system to the public.  The Understanding Medicare – Understanding your health ...
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1 February 2024 — Blog

Medicare at 40: where to now?

CHF has continued to advocate strongly for health consumers as Medicare celebrated its 40 th anniversary on 1 February 2024. In the media and directly to Health Minister Mark Butler, CHF CEO Elizabeth Deveny has called on the Australian government to fund CHF to deliver public education on how best...
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28 August 2023 — Blog

Vale Kate Moore, a leader of her times, leaving a lasting legacy

Vale Kate Moore, 20 July 1944 - 9 August 2023 This month, we learned that former CHF CEO, Kate Moore, had passed away after a short illness. Kate was CEO of Consumers Health Forum from 1992 to 1999. Kate left a profound legacy on the status of health consumer influence, as a driving force,...
10 July 2023 — Blog

Queensland CHF R&R SIG members in action at Cairns forum

Three CHF Rural and Remote Special Interest Group (CHF R&R SIG) Queensland members attended in-person the Queensland Rural and Remote Clinical Network (QRRCN) annual forum in Cairns on 7 June 2023. Another Health Consumers Queensland (HCQ) member, Maureen Woodward, came from Far Western...
22 June 2023 — Blog

Your health in your pocket: The MyHealth App

The Australian Digital Health Agency (ADHA) has been continually developing My Health Record to meet the needs of Australians, and these improvements wouldn’t have been possible without consumers like yourselves testing, providing feedback, and advocating for what consumers need. Now, My Health...
19 June 2023 — Blog

CHF Board Renewal

A paper prepared by the Chair of the CHF Board, Tony Lawson (Input also provided by Ms Jo Watson, Deputy Chair, CHF Board and Chair, Governance Committee) Most contemporary Boards irrespective of them being for profit or not for profit, ensure they have a sound succession plan. Those that do not...

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